Vichy the Squishy dealer
This story is based on Matthew 13: 45-46. When Jesus walked this earth, he told stories about “the Kingdom.” He didn’t just want to help […]
Commitments
I don’t try listen in when other people are talking privately. Especially not the other day, when I had gone to a local coffee shop […]
TV show review: PURE (CBC)
Back at the beginning of the year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation released a new TV show called “Pure.” It was set in a Mexican Mennonite […]
Sad songs, happy people
Usually, the podcasts I listen to are sermons from other churches, so that I can steal ideas from be inspired by other preachers. I also […]
Movie Review: The Shack
For this review, I contemplated ranking my experience of The Shack among my other most profound movie experiences. It was difficult to come up with […]
Hockey Knights
From time to time the National Hockey League looks around to see if, by any chance, they have left money on the table somewhere. Recently, […]
Moving on up
Jerry Seinfeld famously put ‘helping someone move’ just below ‘driving someone to the airport’ on the scale of things you can only ask a good […]
Permission to feel pain
It’s fun to watch a group of adults when children are playing nearby. The parents especially interesting, because while they are mindful of their children […]
Arriving on Jet Plane
A significant event in the life our church happened this week, but it was even more significant for another group of people. The Syrian refugee […]
The Kingdom of Heaven is like an All-Star Game
There was once an All-Star event where the players were lined up to be introduced to the fans. At the far end were two men, […]